Reader Participation Day: Which is Your Favorite National Seashore?
Which is your favorite national seashore, and why? Seems like a pretty straightforward question, no?
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 27th, 2010 4:00am
Point Reyes National Seashore
Looking To Gain A Little Structured Education On Your National Park Trip?
Can you tell by looking at a wildflower in Yellowstone National Park what the underlying geology is? Or, while hiking through Great Smoky Mountains National Park, can you identify a bird simply by its song? Do you want to get relatively up close to the elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore? Here's how you can do all those things and more.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 24th, 2010 5:00am
Search for Missing Woman Underway at Point Reyes National Seashore
A search for a missing California woman is into its third day at Point Reyes National Seashore. Her vehicle was found in a trailhead parking lot above an area of steep cliffs along the Pacific coast.
- By Jim Burnett - January 11th, 2010 11:23am
Weekend Shuttle at Point Reyes National Seashore Eases Congestion for Winter Whale and Seal Watchers
Winter is prime time for watching gray whales and elephant seals at Point Reyes National Seashore in California, but increased traffic was overwhelming parking areas and roads. A shuttle system on weekends and holidays beginning in late December eliminates the congestion and allows more visitors to enjoy the wildlife.
- By Jim Burnett - December 14th, 2009 4:00am
Ecologists at Point Reyes National Seashore Testing Ways to Restore Native Dune Grasses
Ecologists at Point Reyes National Seashore this month are experimenting with ways to remove non-native vegetation that is invading the habitat of native dune plants such as Tidestrom’s lupine.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 9th, 2009 4:00am
National Park Quiz 74: Ranches
Lots of land in the national parks once served ranch functions, and a good deal of it still does. Let’s see if you are up to speed in this subject area. Answers are at the end of the quiz. If we catch you peeking we’ll make you ride drag on the next cattle drive and see what “eating dust” really means.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 28th, 2011 10:15am
Tidewater Goby Translocation: A Little Fish Gets a Big Boost
The tiny fish called the tidewater goby doesn’t get the publicity that the Devils Hole pupfish gets, but like that other little fish this endangered species is getting a helping hand. Gobies from Point Reyes National Seashore were recently translocated to establish a new population at a protected site on Tomales Bay.
- By Bob Janiskee - November 6th, 2009 9:20am
Point Reyes National Seashore To Mark One-Year Anniversary of Wetlands Recovery
Landscapes can heal themselves if given the tools, which sometimes involve no more than removing litter and pollution. At Point Reyes National Seashore, a wetlands that once had been impacted by levees and dairy operations is luring river otters and even bald eagles just one year after it was restored.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 20th, 2009 5:00am
Mark Your Calendar To Attend Lighting of the Point Reyes Lighthouse
To step back into the seafaring past, if only for an hour, plan on attending one of the upcoming lightings of the Point Reyes National Seashore Lighthouse.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 30th, 2009 6:00am
Coalition Calls for Sen. Feinstein's Rider Extending Life of Oyster Farm at Point Reyes National Seashore To Be Stripped
Some push-back has surfaced against U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein's efforts to see oyster farming continue in an area of Point Reyes National Seashore that has been destined for official wilderness designation.
PORE-Feinstein_Rider.pdf PORE-Rep._Dicks_Letter.pdf
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